by District | Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Shree Sundaresh has been named the Outstanding Senior at Gulf High School. The announcement was made yesterday by Dr. Knobl, with Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Joens, Mrs. Buono, and Mr. Elias also present. Shree is the 17-year-old daughter of Suma and K. V. Sundaresh of New Port...
by District | Oct 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
Richard Detwiler, a former Gulf science teacher, visited the school on Oct. 31. Mr. Detwiler is now retired and lives in Palm Harbor, but it was his first visit since he taught here. He taught chemistry here for one year, in 1965-66. After that, he taught at...
by District | Oct 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Bruno Buonsanto, the administrative assistant for 12th grade students, has been named the SRP of the Year. Mr. Buonsanto came to Gulf in 2008 as the ISS instructor. He is currently the Administrative Assistant for seniors and he is also our boys and girls...
by District | Oct 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Bill Rutherford has been named the Gulf High School Teacher of the Year. His selection was announced at a faculty meeting after school on Thursday. Mr. Rutherford has been the director of bands at Gulf High School since 1994. Under his leadership, numerous superior...
by District | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Three Gulf students have been named semifinalists in the 2012 National Merit® Scholarship Program. They are Shree Sundaresh, Oliver Chang, and Corey Palermo. Dr. Knobl announced the names today. About 1.5 million students entered the program by taking the 2010...
by District | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
James Aulisio joined the Gulf faculty on Monday, replacing Ms. Peek, who recently retired. Mr. Aulisio will teach 10th grade pre-IB chemistry and 11th and 12th grade IB chemistry. Before coming to Gulf, Mr. Aulisio taught for 25 years in Hillsborough County, at...
by District | Sep 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Michaela Abelgas, a sophomore at Gulf, was named Miss Florida Junior Teen at a competition in Orlando on July 25. About 150 girls competed for the title. Dr. Knobl presented her with a congratulatory letter from state Sen. Michael Fasano today.
by District | Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Long-time Gulf High School science teacher Margaret Peek will retire, effective tomorrow. Ms. Peek joined the GHS faculty in the 1973-74 school year, when Gulf High School was on Louisiana Avenue in the building now occupied by Gulf Middle School. She has for many...
by District | Aug 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Stephen E. Nesthus, the Senior Naval Science Instructor at Gulf for the last four years, has accepted a similar position at Spoto High School in Riverview. Dr. Knobl said in his weekly podcast that CMDR Nesthus had done a terrific job and that Gulf will miss his...
by District | Jun 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Margaret (Ann) Cuttler, who taught math at Gulf High School for 22 years, died yesterday. She was 59 years old. She had been diagnosed with cancer shortly after she retired in June 2009. She had been the department chairperson for five years. Before coming to Gulf she...
by District | Jun 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Three Gulf wrestlers signed for colleges today. In the photo above are Coach DeWalt, Gulf’s head wrestling coach and athletic director, with Austin Hayes, who will attend Buena Vista College; Anthony Ayers, who will attend Notre Dame College of Ohio; and Ladarious...
by District | May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
Debi Pitcock, who has taught Geometry Honors to our pre-IB students, has retired after teaching in Pasco County for 37 years. Ms. Pitcock began her teaching career in 1974 at Gulf Junior High School, teaching Spanish and French. In 1980 she transferred to Land O’...
by District | May 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Carol Hlad, who has taught Family and Consumer Science at Gulf since 1996, will retire at the end of the school year. Ms. Hlad began her teaching career in 1968 at Donora Junior High School in Donora, Pa. She taught Home Economics there. She subsequently switched to...
by District | May 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Nicholas Baker has been awarded a scholarship by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. In February, Baker, Kelly Hallisey, and Lauren Kanapka had been named National Merit Finalists. This photo shows Dr. Knobl congratulating Nick on March 28, when we learned...
by District | Apr 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
The names of the Gulf students who will be attending Boys State and Girls State has been announced. The students are Regina Pascali, Alec Cranford, Corey Palermo, and John Vann. Each program spends a week in Tallahassee studying the local, county, and state...
by District | Apr 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Three Gulf seniors have made the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-State girls soccer team. They were honored this afternoon. They are, left to right: Melissa Morlan, goalkeeper; Dani Schulman, center back; and Chelsea Foster, forward. Melissa has been playing...
by District | Apr 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Six Gulf juniors who took the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test have met the requirements to enter the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants out of about 1.5 million program...
by District | Apr 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Longtime Gulf English teacher Barbara Starkey will retire at the end of the school year. She has taught 9th grade English for most of her career, but has also taught honors English and other grade levels, and she has taught Reading. Mrs. Starkey has the distinction of...
